March 2025 Public Media Alliance “Is there an opportunity for public media to work with content creators in mutually beneficial exchanges?”
November 2024 Council Review Cross-Border Promotion of Civility in Local Government
November 2024 Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Civility and respect in politics: Congress calls for a political culture rooted in listening and collaborating
November 2024 Local Government Information Unit: Key takeaways from from the AILG-NILGA Respectful Leadership Conference
June 2024 The Irish Times The dark side of the tradwife movement that sees women return to ‘domestic bliss’ The highly curated tradwife content on Instagram and TikTok glorifies this regressive version of womanhood, while obscuring the very real risks of financial dependence and potential abuse that come with totally surrendering autonomy to a husband.”
May 2024 Social media research mentioned on Newstalk by Michelle Maher for See Her Elected
April 2024 See Her Elected. Invited speaker on session for defensive social media strategies for candidates 24 April
April 2024 Association Irish Local Government Webinar. Invited speaker on Defensive Social Media – links to resources http://bit.ly/kelly_social 10 April 2024 –
November 2023 The Irish Times Will clicks and likes translate to young people voting in large numbers for Sinn Fein Much of the conversation about social media defaults to a conversation about how activity there does or does not translate into votes but the research shows that the real benefit of social media activity is the attendant pick-up in traditional media. For candidates without party backing or budgets, social media can be game-changing in drawing mainstream attention
September 2021 Journalism Research: Professional logics in journalism
May 2021: The Irish Times All politics is social: How Fine Gael and Sinn Féin have taken the fight online Fincham believes Twitter is where journalists and politicians “hang out” in Ireland, and that politicians use the platform as a way of getting into traditional print and broadcast media. It’s a trick learned from Donald Trump. Her research has shown that the former US president’s “mastering” of social media – before being ejected from it, of course – drove mainstream media coverage…
September 2016 Featured on RTE Evening News September 2016 RTE News Ireland
Trump’s media advantage heading into the first debate with Clinton
August 2015 American Journalism Review
Newsrooms Grapple With How to Avoid Twitter Bloopers
December 2014 Academic ethics site
Twitter and journalism: Three continuing ethical pressure points
June 2014 Student news blog in UK
Social media guidelines for journalists
Jan. 2014. Journalism.co.uk Major journalism site in UK
Tip of the Day: Social media guidelines for journalists
Aug. 2013. AEJMC Conference
Editing Breakfast Teaching Ideas Exchange
http://aejmc.us/news/2013/08/10/editing-for-breakfast-ideas-awards/
Jan. 2013, Media Shift, Adam Glenn
Trending in Journalism Education: Online Degrees; Entrepreneurship; Mobile
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2013/01/trending-in-journalism-education-online-degrees-entrepreneurship-mobile-design008.html
Dec. 2012, Quill Magazine, Jeff South
Education Toolbox: Editing is everything but it’s evolving
http://www.spj.org/quill_issue.asp?REF=1957 OR www.kellyfincham.com/SPJQuill2012.pdf
Oct, 2012. Long Island Herald, Scott Brinton
Hofstra preps for debate with speaker series
http://liherald.com/fivetowns/stories/Hofstra-preps-for-debate-with-speaker-series,43723?sub_id=43723&print=1
Oct. 2012, CNN, Karin Caifa
Social media and the political echo chamber
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1210/19/sn.01.html
Oct. 2012, Mashable, Alex Fitzpatrick
Student Journalists Take Debate Reporters to School on Social Media
http://mashable.com/2012/10/16/long-island-report/
Oct. 2012, Irish Central, Sean O’Brien
Irish woman will lead social media reporting on presidential debate
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Irish-woman-will-lead-local-social-media-reporting-on-presidential-debate–174165331.html
June 2012, Journalism.co.uk Major journalism site in UK
Tip of the Day: Ethical considerations when using Facebook
https://www.journalism.co.uk/tip-of-the-day/-tip-of-the-day-from-journalism-co-uk–ethical-considerations-when-using-facebook/s419/a561808/
Nov, 2011, Convergence Newsletter, Chris Frear
Thinking on your feet: New media open new avenues for savvy professionals
www.kellyfincham.com/Convergence2011mention.pdf
